Mr. Monk is Miserable

Love it

While not a big fan of books that go on about French places I have never been, the Monk books are more about characters. Let's face it, no better character than Monk. Well, Micheal Wesson of Burn Notice and Gus of Psych are up there. The book is true to the characters and even in France, the captain and randy Disher make an appearance. I am just a little annoyed that the written has clones copies of Stottlemyer and Disher in every police department in the world. Wouldn't it make sense to introduce different characters to see how Monk interacts? All in all a good read.

i think this was one of my favorite books i have it was really good and think it was even better than the tv show. loved how MOnk was not happy in Paris 5 out of 5 stars!!

I really like watching the show on TV and being able to read the books are even better. It was really great I can't wait for the next one to come out. I have read the one's before it and they were good and well as this one.

The only quibble I have with this book is that if I hadn't already read "Mr. Monk Goes to Germany," I would have been confused by some of the references back to that story. Frankly, "Mr. Monk Is Miserable" and "Mr. Monk Goes to Germany" might well have been combined into one title...say "Mr. Monk Goes to Europe." It's not like the books are all that long to begin with. As usual, Goldberg does an excellent job of creating a Monk "bookisode" as told by Natalie Teeger. If you like the Monk TV series, you'll enjoy this book, as well as the other six Monk novels.

Having been a big Monk fan for sometime, when I first learned of Lee Goldberg's decision to start publishing Monk books, I was quite thrilled. Now, having read each one he's published, I feel this book, Mr. Monk is Miserable, is probably the best one yet. My reason for saying that is not necessarily due to the premise of this particular book, but I feel that this is his best attempt yet at accurately portraying how I feel Mr. Monk is in the actual TV show. In previous books (and can be read about in my previous reviews for each of those books), I indicated my opinion that Mr. Goldberg went "over the top" on how Monk is in the books compared to the TV show. This book changes all of that... Well, onto the book itself. The book is a continuation of Mr. Monk Goes to Germany and really starts off where it left off. Natalie is not too happy having gone to Germany and not really being able to have any vacation time. As such, she talks Monk into going to Paris for a vacation. Of course, while they're there (and literally, on the way) people die, and Monk wants to get involved in solving the murder mysteries. Natalie isn't too happy about this as she's wanting nothing more than a vacation. It's actually an interesting "battle" between the two characters, and really just a fun book to read, which is part of the reason I continue to purchase and read these books. Lee Goldberg puts together a nice, quick read that, in my opinion, is a good continuation of the Monk character. I for one, am looking forward to the next book, due out in July 2009, called Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop. As another tidbit for those who may not realize, if you read the author's note at the beginning of the book, Mr. Goldberg actually indicates where the book falls into the Monk "timeline." That, originally, was one of the reasons I didn't like the accuracy of this books since, for instance, Julie, Natalie's daughter, was always 12 in the books, yet is well over that in the TV show. Now having realized and understood where the book falls within the TV series, it helps a Monk fanatic, like myself, like the books even better. Lastly, while these books haven't become actual episodes (although some portions have been used, as I recall Mr. Goldberg mentioning), it might be fun to see it occur sometime, especially since Lee Goldberg does write for some of the actual episodes.